616 ONAGRACEAE. | E'pelobium.. 
Var. prostrata Petrie in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xliv (1912) 180.—Stems prostrate, 
diffusely branched. Peduncles longer. Otherwise as in the type. 
Norru Istanp: Near Waiapu (East Cape district), Petrie/ Lake Waikaremoana, 
Hisdon Best! Tarawera Mountain and the Kaimanawa Ranges, 6. C. Aston! east coast. 
and Cape Palliser, Colenso / Orongorongo River, 7. Kirk. Souta Ishanp: Shingly 
river-beds from Nelson and Marlborough to Foveaux Strait. Var. prostrata: Broken 
River, Opihi River, near Naseby, Petrie / Mount Somers, B. C. Aston. Sea-leve! to 
3500 ft. Papa-koura. December—March. 
A well-known plant, easily recognized by the strict and wiry habit, purplish-black 
stems, small uniform leaves, small flowers, and dark-purplish capsules with silvery- 
pubescent angles. Mr. Petrie’s var. prostrata is a very distinct little plant. 
34. E. Krulleanum Haussk. Monog. Epilob. (1884) 305, t. 23, f. 95.— 
Stems numerous from a hard and woody base, 2-6in. high, decumbent 
below, erect above, strict and wiry, densely leafy, bifariously pubescent. 
Leaves opposite or the uppermost alternate, 4-4 in. long, ovate or oblong- 
ovate, obtuse, shortly petioled, coricaeous, often purplish, entire or very 
obscurely denticulate. Flowers few in the upper axils, small, erect, 4 in. 
diam. Calyx-lebes ovate-lanceolate, acute, almost equalling the petals. 
Stigma clavate. Capsule strict, erect, glabrous, 3-11 in. long; peduncles: 
usually shorter than the leaves. Seeds papillose—T. Kirk Students’ Fl. 
(1899) 175; Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 184. 
SoutH Istanp: Nelson—Hanmer Plains, 7’. Kirk / Canterbury—<Xrull, Haast. 
Otago—Mount Harnslaw and the Humboldt Mountains, Cockayne / 1500-3500 ft. 
December—February. 
A very imperfectly understood species, of which much more complete specimens 
are required before its exact position can be determined. 
35. E. glabeilum Yorst. f. Prodr. (1786) n. 160.—Stems 6-14 in. high, 
usually numerous from a hard and woody base, decumbent below, strict 
and erect above, terete or obscurely tetragonous, often red or purple, 
glabrous with the exception of 2 or 4 pubescent lines decurrent from the 
petioles, simple or branched below, remotely or densely leafy. Leaves 
opposite or the upper alternate, 4-3in. long, ovate or ovate-oblong to 
narrow-oblong, obtuse, shortly petioled or almost sessile, perfectly glabrous, 
usually red or purple, often shining, from almost membranous to coriaceous, 
remotely sinuate-denticulate. Flowers in the upper axils, few or many, 
erect, white or pink, $-4in. diam. Calyx-lobes ovate-lanceolate, acute, 
glabrous, shorter than the petals. Stigma rounded-clavate. Capsules 1-2 in. 
long, slender, erect, glabrous; peduncles short, seldom much exceeding 
the leaves. Seeds papillose—Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i (1853) 59; Handb. 
N.Z. Fl. (1864) 79; Haussk. Monog. Epilob. (1884) 304; 7. Kirk 
Students’ Fl. (1899) 174; Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 185; Ill. N.Z. 
Fl. 1 (1914) t. 55. EH. erubescens Haussk. l.c. 306, t. 23, f. 98; 7. Kirk 
ee 
NortH IsLAND: Rare and local north of the East Cape, common in mountain 
districts from thence southwards. Souru Istanp: Abundant throughout. Sea- 
level to over 5000 ft. December—February. 
One of the most variable and puzzling plants in New Zealand; excessively 
plentiful in hilly and mountainous districts in the South Island. I have reunited 
Professor Haussknecht’s H. erubescens with it, finding it quite impossible to lay down a 
strict line of demacration between the two plants. The true Z. glabellum is less rigid, 
with more membranous distantly placed leaves, and the capsules are longer and shortly 
stalked. 4H. erubescens has numerous rigid simple stems, the leaves are crowded and 
erect, the flowers more numerous, and the capsules shorter and almost sessile. But 
